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July 22, 2009
Dear Editor:
The American Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter is pleased to announce its successful conclusion of the Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) Bagram Air Force Base Donation Campaign.
The Campaign, which officially ended June 5, sought items such as candy, cookies, granola bars, beef jerky, sundry, individual drink mix items and money for mailing from people in the 3-county area we serve.
Donations permitted the Chapter to send 26 boxes to the Red Cross Station’s Canteen at Bagram AFB, in Afghanistan. According to Tom Smith, SAF Team Leader at Bagram, the donated items were a “big hit” with the troops and more donations were requested. Smith said the individual donor may only see a “small contribution” but the Red Cross team can “see the smiles and many thanks” given by the troops who benefitted from the campaign.
The ARCNIC will soon call upon the public again to aid the troops stationed overseas.
For now, we thank everyone for their generosity and their support of our inaugural Campaign effort, and in particular, for the invaluable assistance provided by Sullivan Foods.
Carol Risinger
Volunteer Coordinator
American Red Cross
Northwest Illinois Chapter
June 22, 2009
Letter to the Editor
Grace Church says “Thank you!”
On Thursday June 19th the Grace Episcopal Church steeple at 10 S. Cherry St. was struck be lightning. The lightning started the steeple on fire. Within minutes of being called the Adams Street Company was at Grace church. They immediately extinguished the flames. Then they carefully covered and moved the church valuables including the choir robes and books so they would not be damaged. They covered the bell tower floor with a tarp so water would not flow into the basement. The firemen worked diligently to make sure the fire was out. They flooded the fire area to make sure there were no hidden sparks. Most of the water ran out of the church because of the tarps they had laid. The fire men had to be careful to maneuver their equipment around the overhead power lines that run past the church on both Stephenson St and Cherry St. The firemen went out of their way to make sure everything was safe and secure. They left their tarps on the church valuables so that water dripping from the steeple would not cause damage. I feel that we have an excellent fire department that should be commended on the excellent job they do. Because of the excellent job the firemen did we are able to hold the 8 AM and 10AM on Sunday
Keith Chesterton
Grace Episcopal Church